converting old locked iTune music files M4P to MP3

Posted on October 21, 2009 | 5 Comments

For Mac users, here’s how to get rid of those old locked M4P music files, converting them into more versatile MP3 files, using iMovie and iTunes.

 

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5 responses to “converting old locked iTune music files M4P to MP3”

  1. Pingback: converting old locked iTune music files M4P to MP3 « Chicago Mac/PC Support

  3. SA | October 8, 2010 at 09:39 |

    Are these directions written out somewhere?

    I’m having trouble following them, in part because when I open iMovie and drop in a photo, the view doesn’t look like the view you have in the video. I’m using iMovie HD 6.03 and I have two views available, “Timeline Viewer” and “Clip Viewer,” neither of which bring up a view that looks like yours with the 3 panels over 2.

    So when you say “make it a bit longer” at about 0:35, what are you doing? I see you’re right-clicking to bring up the contextual menu, but I can’t quite read the option you’re selecting even with the video maximized to full-screen – it looks like “Clip Adjustments”? When I right-click on the photo I dragged in, I get “Edit Photo Settings” but no “Clip Adjustments” option.

    I also can’t find any audio options to set when exporting to QuickTime. There’s no “options” button on the dialogue box that comes up, and I didn’t find anything in the Preferences. My QuickTime export is only saving as a .mov, not a .aif.

  4. Edword | October 24, 2010 at 19:01 |

    Hi SA,
    Sorry for not getting back to you sooner – I’ve been on tour in Europe and just started answering all my piled up electronic messages!
    I can only advise you using iMovie ’09, version 8, as I can’t downgrade to try out an older version. Here’s an image showing the file save function in this version of iMovie.
    Hope this will eventually help you!

  5. Matt Wilkinson | October 26, 2010 at 12:50 |

    Thanks for the tip. Really usefull. M4p files always annoy me 🙂

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